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Rewrite of Onboard Memory Planned for NASA Mars Orbiter

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Artist concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will suspend activities next week to perform a multi-step update of onboard memory that is crucial in case of an unplanned computer reboot.